Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William T Ballord, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
William T Ballord registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William T Ballord
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William T Ballord
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWilliam T Ballord reported 1 year more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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